Summary
Louisa Starr, later Louisa Canziani (1845 – 25 May 1909) was a British painter.[1]
Louisa Starr Canziani | |
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 Louisa Starr c. 1900 | |
| Born | Louisa Starr 1845 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 25 May 1909 (aged 63–64) 25 May 1909 London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse | Enrico Canziani |
Biography edit
Starr was born in London and lived on Russell Square when she became a copyist at the British Museum.[2] Studying at the Royal Academy Schools, she showed her first work there in 1866 and by 1876 had showed 17 paintings.[2] She won a gold medal at the Royal Academy for history painting in December 1867.[1] She was the first woman to do so and was followed by Jessie Macgregor's gold medal in 1871, but the next woman to do so was not until 1909.[3]
She married the Italian civil engineer Enrico Canziani (1848–1931) and thereafter signed her works with her married name. Her daughter Estella Canziani also became an artist.[citation needed]
She exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[4]
Her painting Sintram and his mother was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[5]
Starr died in London in 25 May 1909 and was buried in the Starr family grave (plot no.19975) on the western side of Highgate Cemetery near the grave of Elizabeth Siddal.[citation needed]
Gallery edit
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Cold Spring - The Alien (1906; Aberdeen Art Gallery) -
Sintram and his Mother, from a story by De la Motte Fouqué -
Grave of Louisa Starr in Highgate Cemetery
References edit
- ^ a b Brian Stewart & Mervyn Cutten (1997). The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-173-2.
- ^ a b Louisa Starr in English Female Artists by Ellen Creathorne Clayton, 1876
- ^ Louisa Starr and Jessie Macgregor and their gold medals in The Dictionary of British Women Artists, by Sara Gray, 2009
- ^ Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905
